WWII Pictures of Manila
on the Island of Luzon

Photos from the personal scrapbooks of Colonel O. Howard Davidsmeyer, Sr. Many pictures show the devastation caused by bombing during the war. Manila is the capital city on the island of Luzon, the most northerly of the Phillipine islands.

Large apartment building in ruins - Dewey Boulevard, Manila

Manila Legislative Building with bomb damage

Manila Hotel

Left: Monument entrance to Manila

Walled City - Manila

Walled City - Manila

House movers - Luzon

Spanish Mission in Luzon

Agno River Crossing - Rosario, Luzon
Many native Philippine wagons pulled by oxen,
carrying supplies. Village in distance.